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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 7
03.12.2025 15:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 7 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf with the Face dark: Bust
etching
1633
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good, strong yet slightly later impression
third state (of five)
printing sharply, with good contrasts and much inky relief
with a selectively wiped plate tone on and around the figure
with small margins
very pale scattered foxing
generally in good condition
Plate 131 x 104 mm.
Sheet 134 x 108 mm.




Provenance

Hermann Weber (1817-1854), Bonn (without stamp, see Lugt 1383); his posthumous sale, R. Weigel, Leipzig, 28 April 1856, lot 25 ('... d'une rare beauté, les ombres de la toque très nourries; le bord gauche du papier un peu éraillé') (Rt. 6.10).
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Kupferstichkabinett (with their duplicate stamp, Lugt 451a, twice, in grey and brown ink, respectively); presumably their sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 May 1929 and following days, lot 861 ('Brillanter früher Abdruck, mit Rändchen, wie er selten vorkommt. Aus der Sammlung Weber').
With Theodore B. Donson, New York.
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1988; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 17; Hind 108; New Hollstein 120
Stogdon p. 257
Artist:Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
Applied technique:Etching
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
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